A number of people were startled but no one was injured when a small underground explosion caused a manhole cover to go flying at the intersection of Queens Avenue and Clarence Street Monday afternoon (June 25).

District Chief Jeff Adams of the London Fire Department said a minor fire broke out due to an electrical […]

On June 2nd, a group of 40 London Fire Fighters were standing in full gear outside the Covent Garden Market ready to climb to the balcony level; they were answering a call from Muscular Dystrophy Canada. The Fire Fighters had challenged themselves to climbing up a ladder, 8m at a time, until they had […]

A woman had to be plucked by firefighters from the balcony of her first-floor apartment in a high-rise at 110 Cherryhill Circle after a fire broke out in her unit just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday (June 20).

Chief Tom Mathers of the London Fire Department said the woman may have suffered some smoke inhalation […]

Due to a Ministry of Environment Smog Alert Advisory, combined with extreme temperatures in the Western Ontario Region, until further notice the London Fire Department has issued a ban on all Open Air Burns contained under the Open Air Burning By-Law within the City of London boundaries until further notice.Notice that the ban will […]

In 2009, The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) became aware of the existence of a consumer product that poses a serious fire safety hazard. The Flying Lantern (also known as a sky lantern) was being sold by Canadian online distributors of fireworks products and at retail stores.

The head of the London firefighters union is leaving the post he’s held for more than 10 years.

Jim Holmes resigned as president of the London Professional Fire Fighters Association last week after he was elected to a two-year term as executive vice-president of the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association.

Firefighter Andy Kobarda was on hand to show off a fire truck from 1927 during 100 year celebrations at H.B Beal secondary school June 2,2012 in London, Ont. Beal students helped restore the lettering on the truck in 2000.
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Part of a firefighters job isn’t just battling a blaze, it is also doing what they can to make sure it don’t happen in the first place. To that end, representatives from the London Fire Department welcomed a group of approximately 65 seniors to the Carling Heights Optimists Community Centre for a Fire Safety […]